Efficient clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-based gene activation using combinatorial human transcription activation domains

Yi-Lian Zhou; Yetong Sang; Lingjie Xu; Chuanhong Ren; Weikang Meng; Yu Zhang; Hongqing Liang; Zehua Bao

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Protein Cell ›› 2026, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2) :163 -169. DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwaf061

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Efficient clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-based gene activation using combinatorial human transcription activation domains

Yi-Lian Zhou ¹^,²^,³^,⁴
, Yetong Sang ¹^,²^,³
, Lingjie Xu ¹^,²^,³
, Chuanhong Ren ¹^,²^,³
, Weikang Meng ⁵
, Yu Zhang ¹^,²^,³
, Hongqing Liang ⁵
, Zehua Bao ¹^,²^,³^,⁶

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Yi-Lian Zhou, Yetong Sang, Lingjie Xu, Chuanhong Ren, Weikang Meng, Yu Zhang, Hongqing Liang, Zehua Bao. Efficient clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-based gene activation using combinatorial human transcription activation domains. Protein Cell, 2026, 17(2): 163-169 DOI:10.1093/procel/pwaf061

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